opt
opt
verb
opt in
verb
- [no obj.]make a choice from a range of possibilities
选择，作出抉择
consumers will opt for low-priced goods.
消费者将选择低价商品。
[with infinitive]pupils opting to continue with physics.
决定继续选修物理的学生。
- late 19th cent.: from French opter, from Latin optare 'choose, wish'
opt in
- choose to participate
决定参加
the database would not include a person's name unless he opted in.
除非决定参加，否则数据库将不录入姓名。
- choose not to participate in or carry on with something
决定不参加；退出
the treaty gives any country the right to opt out of a single currency.
条约赋予任何国家退出单一货币的权利。
■(Brit.)(of a school or hospital) decide to withdraw from local authority control
(英)（学校，医院）决定自主（不受当局控制）
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